The Vampire of Düsseldorf
- Georges Tabet
- Claude Desailly
- André Tabet
- Robert Hossein[3]
- Georges de Beauregard
- Benito Perojo[4]
- Robert Hossein
- Marie-France Pisier
- Roger Dutoit
- Annie Anderson
companies
- Rome-Paris Films
- Producciónes Benito Perojo
- Mega Film[5]
- Panta Cinematografica (Italy)[4]
- 7 April 1965 (1965-04-07) (France)[1]
- 25 February 1966 (1966-02-25) (Spain)[2]
- Spain
- France
- Italy[1]
The Vampire of Düsseldorf (French: Le Vampire de Düsseldorf) is a 1965 thriller film directed by Robert Hossein. It was joint production between Spain, France and Italy. The film was based on the life and crimes of German serial killer Peter Kürten.
Production
The Vampire of Düsseldorf was shot between September 28, 1964, and December 10, 1964.[5]
Reception
Seeing the film at a preview screening in Paris, "Mosk." of Variety stated that Hossein had "wisely not tried to emulate M and that "Hossein obviously has seen and assimilated many of these pix and does not imitate but takes the ideas and aspects of the times. But this only a moderate suspense item, which may be an okay play-off item on its theme, with arty chances broad chancey."[3]
References
- ^ a b "The Secret Killer". Unifrance.org. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ "Asesino de Dusseldorff, El" (in Spanish). The Spanish Film Catalogue. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ a b Mosk. 1983.
- ^ a b c "Le vampire de Düsseldorf [La belva di Dusseldorf] (1965)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Le Vampire de Düsseldorf (1964) Robert Hossein" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
Sources
- Mosk. (1983). Variety's Film Reviews 1964-1967. Vol. 11. R. R. Bowker. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "March 24, 1965". ISBN 0-8352-2790-1.
External links
- Le Vampire de Düsseldorf at IMDb
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